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Milwaukee's Daily Magazine for Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Getting to the bottom of Bay View

Published May 21, 2013

A group of students from MPS' Bay View and Bradley Tech High Schools is working in concert with Discovery World to excavate a lost block of homes in Bay View this weekend.

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Reagan students to host visual arts showcase tonight

Published May 3, 2013

This evening, the public will have a unique opportunity to view the work of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Art students at MPS' Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School.

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Garric rallies the music troops in support of Barbee Montessori

Published March 20, 2013

The world is full of beautiful, unexpected collisions. Take for example the upcoming "After School's Out" benefit concert at The Hotel Foster on Friday, March 22. The show, organized by Alice Cooper bassist Chuck Garric and his better half - and OnMilwaukee.com contributor - Lindsay Garric was put together to raise money for Lloyd Barbee Montessori, a Milwaukee Public Schools Montessori program housed in the former Garden Homes School on 24th and Teutonia.

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Area students score high on national German exam

Published March 19, 2013

Milwaukee area students are being recognized by the American Association of Teachers of German for its students' outstanding performance on the annual National German Exam.

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History Channel makes ratings history

Published March 6, 2013

On Sunday night, the History Channel launched its 5-week miniseries "The Bible" and the network's first scripted series "Vikings." Breaking ratings records on the channel, more than 13.1 million tuned in for "The Bible" and "Vikings" followed with 6.2 million.

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MPS school receives national recognition

Published March 6, 2013

Milwaukee Public Schools' Frederick J. Gaenslen School, 1250 E. Burleigh St., has received a national award recognizing its pre-engineering program.

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School board candidate: Larry Miller

Published March 3, 2013

We've asked each of the seven candidates running for four seats on the Milwaukee School Board to respond to a list of questions and we will run them in the weeks leading up to the April 2 election. Today, we hear from Larry Miller, the unopposed incumbent running in District 5.

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A wish list for Milwaukee

Published Feb. 28, 2013

Everybody's favorite mayor Tom Barrett delivered his State of the City address this week, and in it he had a long list of things that have gone right and a wish list of things that need to get done. According to Dave Begel, he left a few things out.

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School board candidate: Claire Zautke

Published Feb. 24, 2013

We've asked each of the seven candidates running for four seats on the Milwaukee School Board to respond to a list of questions and we will run them in the weeks leading up to the April 2 election. Today, we hear from Claire Zautke, who is challenging incumbent David Voeltner in District 7.

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An old neighborhood landmark gets a new lease on life

Published Feb. 19, 2013

It's a shame that schools like Jefferson, Jackson in the Third Ward, 18th Street and 21st Street have all been erased from the landscape. So, it makes me all the happier when I see what has become of the original Peckham - and, later, Jackie Robinson - Junior High School/Middle School, 3245 N. 37th St. Peckham opened in 1926 and Jackie Robinson closed in 2005.

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School board candidate: David Voeltner

Published Feb. 17, 2013

We've asked each of the seven candidates running for four seats on the Milwaukee School Board to respond to a list of questions and we will run them in the weeks leading up to the April 2 election. Today, we hear from David Voeltner, the incumbent in District 7, who is being challenged by Claire Zautke.

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School board candidate: Angel Sanchez

Published Feb. 16, 2013

Today, we hear from Angel Sanchez, who is running against Jaime Alvarado and Tatiana Joseph for the seat representing District 6, on the city's South Side. Peter Blewett, who currently holds that position, is not running for re-election. A District 6 primary is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 19.

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School board candidate: Tatiana Joseph

Published Feb. 10, 2013

We've asked each of the seven candidates running for four seats on the Milwaukee School Board to respond to a list of questions and we will run them in the weeks leading up to the April 2 election. Today, we hear from Tatiana Joseph, who is running against Jaime Alvarado and Angel Sanchez for the seat representing District 6, currently held by Peter Blewett.